Seated at a long rectangular table in a grand hall that looked like an abandoned castle were twelve Alphas and a middle-aged man who sat at the head of the table. This man was named Celphias; he was known to be the only Elder seen among the five Elders and was highly respected by all Alphas.
Celphias cleared his throat and said, "I'm guessing you all already know why we are here."
With a scowl on his face, Alpha Emerson looked at Celphias and asked, "Are we going to talk about how Alpha Tristan went against the Elders and married a woman of unknown origin?"
Tristan, who had his eyes covered with his dark glasses, chuckled and said, "I never knew a man who rejected his mate to marry her sister would be so interested in who I marry. It's a shame Xylia didn't have a sister; perhaps I would have been tempted to go for her instead."
Alpha Elywnn laughed softly and didn't care that Emerson was glaring at him.
